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FRANK TEELIN AND JACOB-A. SWIFT, OF BLOSSVALE, NEW YORK. 1mm Patent'Na.69,724, dated October 8, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEIGH-BRAKE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we; FRANK-TEELINand JACOB A. SWIFT, of Blossvale,Oneida county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulSleigh or Sled-Brake, for the purpose of checking the speed of sleighsor sleds, and relieving teams in going down hill, while drawing heavyloads in winter; and we do hereby declare and make known that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, andto the .letters of reference beingmarked thereon.

The nature ofour invention consists of two iron rods A A that run thelength of the'sleigh on the outside of the knees.

These rods AA, at the point B, areso split or divided as to embrace therunners, and at their extremity connected with cross-bar M, so that inforward or backward motion of the tongue T, guided by the pins Z Z, theyoperate the lovers S. When pressing backwards, the points of the leversw are pressed downwards through the shoe of 'the runners, as'representedin red lines, andmust materially check the forward movement of thesleigh, when passing down hill. 0 is a catch or fastener that is letdown into the notch t .on the upper end of lever S, so

that the lever will not operate in booking, or when the brake is notneeded; the whole arrangement being simple in itsconstruction, strong,and not liable to get out of order.

It will readily be seen that this brake, unlike all others, not onlysecures its object, but in its application to any ordinary sled actuallystrengthens the same.

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What we claim as our invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

The direct action of the tongue T upon the levers S, by means of rods AA, arranged and applied as represented and described.

FRANK TEELIN, JACOB A. SWIFT.

Witnesses:

GEORG W. Bnown, BARNABAS E. SWIFT.

